A mother was charged this week in the killings of her son and daughter who were found decapitated last year at their California home, authorities said Wednesday. She will be held at the Pima County Jail pending extradition back to California, according to a statement by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Her daughter Malaka Taylor, 13, and son Maurice Taylor Jr., 12, were found decapitated last December at the family's Lancaster home, located in the Mojave Desert about 70 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. DALLAS WOMAN CHARGED IN ALLEGED MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOT ON AMERICAN AIRLINES EXEC HUSBAND, FEDS SAYThe children’s father, Maurice Taylor Sr., 35, was earlier arrested and charged in their deaths, authorities said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPShe was charged Monday with two counts of murder and two counts of felony child endangerment.

Source: Fox News September 30, 2021 08:48 UTC